World of Hibernia articles from June 1997

World of Hibernia archives from June 1997

Corporate Chieftans. (profile of three Irish-American CEOs, Michael Fitzgerald, Bridget Macaskill and Neal Finnegan)(Interview)
June 22, 1997... Michael Fitzgerald Wundies Enterprises Some would say that running a ladies' and girls' undergarment company might be an unusual job for a man. But for Michael Fitzgerald, president and CEO of Wundies Enterprises, it is a business...

Full bloom. (scholar of novelist James Joyce discusses tradition of celebrating his novel 'Ulysses')
June 22, 1997... Sitting in his Paris fl at on June 16, 1924, Irish writer James Joyce made the following entry in his notebook: "Twenty years after. Will anyone remember this date?" Well, we are now 93 years after that date and 75 years after the publication...

Marking his own time. (profile of the work of Irish artist Hector McDonnell)
June 22, 1997... Capturing everyday moments on canvas, artist Hector McDonnel takes the ordinary and makes it beautiful. Hector McDonnell's peripatetic nature has taken him on journeys far from his home in the verdant glens of County Antrim in Northern...

Our Miss Margaret. (profile of Irish-American grade school teacher Margaret Crotty and her experiences surviving Indonesian ferry disaster)
June 22, 1997... Within the cinder-block walls of St. Mark's elementary school on 138th Street in Harlem, Margaret Crotty is a beacon of light. Despite her role as assistant principal, she is far from the disciplinarian type who normally fills such an office....

Beyond compare. (appreciation of architectural beauty of Russborough house in County Wicklow, Ireland)
June 22, 1997... An architectural masterpiece, Russborough in County Wicklow is arguably one of the finest houses in all of Ireland. Of all the great Irish houses that are open to the public, Russborough may have more to excite the senses than any other. In...

Here comes McBride. (profile of Irish-Hispanic American software entrepreneur Teresa McBride)
June 22, 1997... FROM SINGLE MOM TO CEO, THE CONVIVIAL TERESA MCBRIDE HAS A HERITAGE AS DYNAMIC AS HER RISE THROUGH CORPORATE AMERICA. A mother at 17 and in charge of her father's restaurant at 21, she launched her own computer hardware and software company...

Ireland: open for business.(operations of the International Financial Services Centre in Dublin, Ireland)
June 22, 1997... It would be fair to say that 1987 was not an auspicious year for the financial markets. The Wall Street crash on Black Monday, October 19, had implications for economies everywhere. But who would have guessed that in this same year, Ireland...

Northern light: America is touched by an angel.(actress Roma Downey)(Interview)(Cover Story)
June 22, 1997... "Her angel's face As the great eye of heaven shined bright And made a sunshine in the shady place." --"The Angel's Song" Angels have taken many forms throughout history, and cameras have always been there to capture their deeds. From...

The frozen chosen.(Irish expedition to the South Pole)(includes excerpts from the log of the rescue boat Pelagic)
June 22, 1997... They call them "the frozen chosen," these mortals captivated by the Big White. Nose-numbing, bone-shuddering, finger-bleeding cold is no obstacle to them. After all, in Antarctic temperatures, nothing really dies--least of all the dreams of lost...

The Bartons of Bardeaux.(Irish expatriate family)(includes related information on the origin of the term 'Wild Geese')
June 22, 1997... The wild geese, the wild geese, 'tis long since they flew, O'er the billowy ocean's bright bosom of blue. So wrote M. J. Barry in 1843. The term, "The Wild Geese," has survived to this day and has come to symbolize the thousands of Irish...

Worth recording: 21 years of the Irish Architectural Archive.(includes related article on the work of the archive)(Brief Article)
June 22, 1997... One day in 1979, the Irish Architectural Archive received a call that changed its fortunes forever. The owner of an Irish country house was selling her home, which had been in her family for centuries. Faced with the dilemma of what to pack up...

Politics, protocol, and the PTA: U.S. ambassador to Portugal Elizabeth Frawley Bagley juggles diplomacy and motherhood with equal aplomb.
June 22, 1997... U.S. Ambassador to Portugal Elizabeth Frawley Bagley juggles diplomacy and motherhood with equal aplomb. Diplomats make great dinner party guests but they are usually very difficult to interview. They can be courteous, suave, informed, and...

World.wide.shamrock: on-line with the Irish diaspora.(World Wide Web sites)
June 22, 1997... Imagine the more than 70 million Irish around the world brought together in one place. It is a staggering, profoundly moving vision, but it's no pipe dream. It is happening right now on the Internet. The Irish diaspora is being reunited like...

Mammy's boy.(Irish comedian and author Brendan O'Carroll)(Interview)
June 22, 1997... Actor, comedian, writer, director, and playwright--Brendan O'Carroll owes it all to his mother. While few men enjoy being called a "mama's boy," Irish comedian Brendan O'Carroll takes it as a compliment. The son of Ireland's first female...

His own twin.(Irish playwright Brian Friel)(Brief Article)
June 22, 1997... "Brian Friel was born in Killyclogher, near Omagh, County Tyrone, on January 9, 1929."--This is how biographical sketches usually start, but for Friel, naming, timing, and placing--the keys to identity--were to prove problematic from almost...

Give Me Your Answer, Do!(Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Ireland)
June 22, 1997... It was a distinguished crowd that came out for the opening night of Brian Friel's new play, Give Me Your Answer, Do!, at The Abbey Theatre in Dublin this past March. President Mary Robinson, on the day she announced she would not be seeking...

The Untouchable.
June 22, 1997... In this, John Banville's 11th novel, Ireland's finest living literary artist both continues and extends the spirit that has informed his last three books. Similar to the trilogy that preceded it (The Book Of Evidence, Ghosts, and Athena) The...

Headbanger.
June 22, 1997... What has happened to Hugo Hamilton? The author of three stylish and individualistic novels set in Germany: Surrogate City, The Last Shot, and The Love Test, and a collection of short stories, Dublin Where The Palm Trees Grow, has gone in for a...

Waiting for the Healer.
June 22, 1997... `Wanted: Smart Boy' is a classified advertisement that seems to have been specially formulated with Eamonn Sweeney in mind. Given the current vogue for "dirty realism," publishers, for obvious reasons, are looking for "the new Roddy Doyle,"...